Welcome. You'll get used to ard. Extremely knowledgeable though. You seem to have the right attitude to fit in around here. Thick skin is good.

As far as the "crap on Ebay." See the ones below. They fit 99% OE and we have not had an issue with them on the wife's 35d. Been running them for a couple of years now. The rivets they send suck though. Order OE ones or the ones on Amazon that are listed under the same part number as OE.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/07-13-BMW-X...item1c9f6cacd3

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2005 X5 4.4i Build 04/05 Maintenance/Build Log
Nav, Pano, Sport (Purchased 06/14 w/ 109,000 miles) (Sold 8/15 w/121,000 miles)

2006 X5 4.8is Build 11/05 Maintenance/Build Log
Nav, DSP, Pano, Running Boards, OEM Tow Hitch, Cold Weather Pckg (Purchased 08/15 w/ 90,500 miles)

2010 X5 35d Build 02/10
Nav, HiFi, 6 DVD, Sports Pckg, Cold Weather Pckg, HUD, CAS, Running Boards, Leather Dash, PDC, Pano (Purchased 03/17 w/ 136,120 miles)